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The maximum covlaency for boron and aluminium respectively are

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4 for both
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6 and 4
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4 and 6
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6 for both
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Solution

The correct option is C 4 and 6
Al+3 stable oxidation at
it can accomodate 6 ligand
covalency 6
(b) 1s22s22p1
No vacant d-orbital.
B+3 can maximum accommodate 4 ligand
[B(OH)3]
Hence, covlaency for boron and aluminium respectively are
4, 6.

THEORY
Important Trends and Anomalous Properties of B:
  1. Tri-chlorides, tri-bromides and tri-iodides of group13 elements are covalent in nature and hydrolysed in water.
  2. Tetrahedral [M(OH)4] and octahedral [M(H2O)6]3+ exist in an aqueous medium except for boron. Because in boron, d-orbital is absent, so maximum covalency of B is 4. But for other elements (Al, Ga, In, Tl) d-orbitals are available, so maximum covalency can be expected beyond 4.
  3. The monomeric trihalides being electron-deficient, are strong Lewis acids.
  4. F3B+NH3F3BNH3
  5. Most of the other metal halides are dimerized through halogen bridging e.g. AlCl3

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